A car plows into a crowd near the Parliament building in London. The future of health care in our country is up in the air. Jewish organizations, including in Indianapolis, are receiving bomb threats. North Korea, Russia, Syria, Iran…can seem complicated and potentially dangerous.

Certain songs have become my touchstones for times when I’m feeling discouraged about the state of the world. One is a David Wilcox song called Show the Way, which also feels rather Lent-ish to me. It begins:

You say you see no hopeYou say you see no reason we should dreamThat the world would ever changeYou're saying love is foolish to believe'Cause there'll always be some crazyWith an army or a knifeTo wake you from your day dreamPut the fear back in your life

Look, if someone wrote a play just to glorifyWhat's stronger than hateWould they not arrange the stageTo look as if the hero came too late?As if he's almost in defeatSo it's looking like the evil side will winSo on the edge of every seatFrom the moment that the whole thing begins, it has been

Love that mixed the mortarAnd it's love that stacked these stonesAnd it's love that made the stage hereAnd made it feel like we're aloneIn this scene set in shadowLike the night is here to stayThere is evil cast around usBut it's love that wrote the play

I hope to see you on Sunday to renew our confidence in the love that wrote the play that is our lives.

Blessings,Linda

P.S. You can listen to this song at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8BXP0cotIk

Central Christian Church is a member of the Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. As part of the one body of Christ we welcome all to the Lord’s Table as God has welcomed us.